Dr. Bruce Mazer has been named the Deputy Executive Director/Deputy Chief Scientific Officer of the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and Head of Child Health Research at the Montreal Children’s Hospital (MCH) of the McGill University …
Dr. Bruce Mazer explains how the Learning Early about Peanut Allergy (LEAP) trial is changing our approach to peanut allergy. The study found that infants (between 4−11 months) who consumed at least 6 grams of peanut per week were significantly …
A new publication using CHILD Study data reports new findings on the relationship between changes in infants’ intestinal bacteria and allergic sensitization to milk, egg or peanut at 12 months of age. The paper “Infant gut microbiota and food sensitization: …
AllerGen investigator Dr. Meghan Azad was pleased to join a conversation on maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates in Ottawa, ON, on Wednesday, February 25. The moderated discussion focused on …
A new UK study involving more than 600 babies shows that consumption of peanuts in the first year of life can prevent the development of peanut allergy in high-risk infants. The study, Randomized Trial of Peanut Consumption in Infants at …
Athletes engaged in high-endurance sports are particularly vulnerable to various respiratory ailments, including asthma and rhinitis. In the article “Asthma and Exercise-induced Bronchoconstriction in Athletes” in the February 12, 2015, issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, AllerGen investigators …
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In a new web feature, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has highlighted the AllerGen-supported TAG Study as one of seven health-related NCE success stories. The TAG Study has been led by AllerGen investigators Drs Michael Brauer and Chris …
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Allergy researchers at McMaster University have shown, for the first time, that uric acid is a critical signal for the induction of peanut allergy. The research team included AllerGen investigators Drs Manel Jordana, Susan Waserman and Mark Larché, as well …
Dr. Meghan Azad, a former AllerGen trainee turned Network investigator, is working to understand the early-life origins of health and disease. Using data collected from AllerGen’s CHILD Study, Dr. Azad’s research focuses in on how breastfeeding and breast milk composition …
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In his new book Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong about Everything? When Celebrity Culture & Science Clash (Viking, Jan. 13, 2015), health science expert Professor Timothy Caulfield examines how our obsession with celebrity culture can cloud our thinking about health, diet, …
Teenagers with food allergies would like hands-on practice using epinephrine auto-injectors and to role play scenarios about safe ways to eat out, travel and date, according to new Canadian research about teens learning preferences. Allergic teens participated in focus groups …
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AllerGen researchers at The University of British Columbia (UBC) have published a new study in Particle and Fibre Toxicology, adding to their growing body of research about the relationship between exposure to diesel exhaust and asthma. Two hours of inhaling …